A police officer sprays a fire extinguisher over cooking oil covering the road outside
Taipei Railway Station following an anti-nuclear protest in Taipei. Police
used water cannons to dislodge hundreds of overnight sit-in demonstrators demanding the
scrapping of a nearly completed nuclear power plant. The protesters fear that an earthquake could cause a nuclear calamity like the one at Fukushima in Japan. less

A police officer sprays a fire extinguisher over cooking oil covering the road outside Taipei Railway Station following an anti-nuclear protest in Taipei. Police used water cannons to dislodge hundreds ... more

With no parental supervision, Afghan Kuchi children lead their donkey across a river on the outskirts of Jalalabad. The
Kuchis are Pashtun nomads who live a pastoral lifestyle and have historically abstained from
politics. less

With no parental supervision, Afghan Kuchi children lead their donkey across a river on the outskirts of Jalalabad. The Kuchis are Pashtun nomads who live a pastoral lifestyle and have historically ... more

Photo: Noorullah Shirzada, AFP/Getty Images

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Hungry eyes: A tiger licks his lips as he stares at a photographer at the zoo in Dortmund, Germany.

Hungry eyes: A tiger licks his lips as he stares at a photographer at the zoo in Dortmund, Germany.

Photo: Martin Meissner, Associated Press

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Just a little bit closer ... Racers in the Bronx Zoo's "Run for the Wild" fundraiser pass the zoo’s new "Dinosaur Safari: Mysteries Revealed" exhibit in New York.

Just a little bit closer ... Racers in the Bronx Zoo's "Run for the Wild" fundraiser pass the zoo’s new "Dinosaur Safari: Mysteries Revealed" exhibit in New York.

What a catch! Annie Lazo and Arthur Chappell prepare for their wedding photo shoot at the
Channel Wayside Fishing Dock on Gastineau Channel in Juneau, Alaska. Arthur proposed to
Annie while they were fishing together. less

What a catch! Annie Lazo and Arthur Chappell prepare for their wedding photo shoot at the Channel Wayside Fishing Dock on Gastineau Channel in Juneau, Alaska. Arthur proposed to Annie while they were ... more

It was the best of times, it was the wurst of times: Ten-year-old Tyler Horsley watches
Chad Hall grind pork into sausage at an extension class in Cannonsburg, Ky.

It was the best of times, it was the wurst of times: Ten-year-old Tyler Horsley watches Chad Hall grind pork into sausage at an extension class in Cannonsburg, Ky.

Photo: Kevin Goldy, Associated Press

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The bass in the basement: Alana Collins fiddles with her phone amid a trio of bass before the Flint School of
Performing Arts' Showcase Concert in Flint, Mich.

The bass in the basement: Alana Collins fiddles with her phone amid a trio of bass before the Flint School of Performing Arts' Showcase Concert in Flint, Mich.

Photo: Samuel Wilson, Associated Press

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Prepping the patient for surgery: Zookeeper Jen Rucker (left) and assistant curator Kevin Morris hang on tight after Lissa was injected with narcotics ahead of a cancer operation at Lion Country Safari in Loxahatchee, Fla. Doctor need to remove a tumor from the 3,500-pound white rhino's horn and inject chemotherapy drugs. less

Prepping the patient for surgery: Zookeeper Jen Rucker (left) and assistant curator Kevin Morris hang on tight after Lissa was injected with narcotics ahead of a cancer operation at Lion Country Safari in ... more